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Beaufort County advisory committee weighs projects and a possible sales-tax referendum to pay for roads
Summary
The Transportation Advisory Committee set a schedule and began prioritizing projects for a potential November referendum to raise funds for road work; the county engineer estimated tourists could pay roughly 60% of a proposed sales tax, and the committee will continue community outreach.
The Transportation Advisory Committee on Feb. 18 set a six-week schedule for future meetings and began narrowing which projects could be included on a proposed November referendum to raise money for roads, the committee’s chair and the county’s director of engineering said.
"So it's estimated that in this, one of these sales taxes that tourists in Beaufort County will pay for about 60% of it," the director of engineering said during the committee update, describing the county's…
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